National Chess Championship: Anurag Mhamal, Aravindh Chithambaram in joint lead
6 years, 1 month ago

National Chess Championship: Anurag Mhamal, Aravindh Chithambaram in joint lead

The Hindu  

Anurag Mhamal gained from Deepan Chakkravarthy’s uncompromising approach and capitalised on a couple of late errors in a seemingly drawn position to move into joint lead with Aravindh Chithambaram after seven rounds of National chess championship here. On the top two boards, overnight sole leader and fourth seed Aravindh drew with fifth seed Deep Sengupta in 38 moves, just like 10th seed Vishnu Prasanna did against third seed Vaibhav Suri. With six rounds to go, Aravindh and Mhamal lead with six points, half-a-point ahead of Deep, Vishnu, Suri and the triumphant pack of G. A. Stany, Swapnil Dhopade, Sammed Shete and G. B. Harshavardhan. There was no let up in the intensity on the leading boards, with the seventh seed Deepan looking for every possibility to press home his rating superiority over Mhamal.

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India's unseeded Aravindh Chithambaram forces World No.3 Hikaru Nakamura to accept defeat in Blitz third round
2 weeks, 1 day ago

India's unseeded Aravindh Chithambaram forces World No.3 Hikaru Nakamura to accept defeat in Blitz third round

Hindustan Times  

Indian grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram sparked a big upset over number three chess player in the world, Hikaru Nakamura, with a win over the American grandmaster in the third round of the World Blitz Championship being held in New York. GM Aravindh Chithambaram beat Hikaru Nakamura at the World Blitz Championship in New York. “I think that it’s really great to …

National Chess Championship: Ganguly in sole lead heading into final round
4 months, 2 weeks ago

National Chess Championship: Ganguly in sole lead heading into final round

The Hindu  

Seven straight wins, followed by three straight draws: Still, Surya Shekhar Ganguly is in the sole lead position going into the final round of the National Chess Championship. After drawing with Aronyak Ghosh in the 10th round at the RPS International School, he is on 8.5 points. The top-board clash between the two Kolkatans ended in a quiet draw in …

National Chess Championship: Ganguly maintains lead as fellow Kolkata-lad Ghosh inches closer
4 months, 3 weeks ago

National Chess Championship: Ganguly maintains lead as fellow Kolkata-lad Ghosh inches closer

The Hindu  

Signing peace may have been the trend on the top boards on Sunday, but Aronyak Ghosh bucked it. And his win against Arjun Adireddy has made the closing stage of the National chess championship a bit more interesting, as he brought down the lead of fellow-city mate Surya Shekhar Ganguly to just half-a-point. Both the seasoned Grandmasters went on to …

National chess championship: Surya Shekhar Ganguly is running a strong campaign for seventh title
4 months, 3 weeks ago

National chess championship: Surya Shekhar Ganguly is running a strong campaign for seventh title

The Hindu  

The last of his six titles at India’s premier domestic chess tournament came 16 years ago. Important results : Surya Shekhar Ganguly 6 bt Neelash Saha 5; Aronyak Ghosh 5.5 drew with S.P. Sethuraman 5; Karthik Venkataraman 5 drew with Diptayan Ghosh 5; G. Aakash 4.5 lost to Sayantan Das 5.5; Arjun Adireddy 4.5 drew with P. Iniyan 4.5; Sankalp …

National Chess Championship 2024: Surya Sekhar beats Neelash to earn solo lead after sixth round
4 months, 3 weeks ago

National Chess Championship 2024: Surya Sekhar beats Neelash to earn solo lead after sixth round

The Hindu  

The last of his six titles at India’s premier domestic chess tournament came 16 years ago. Surya Sekhar Ganguly is running a strong – and so far flawless – campaign for the seventh. The top seed moved into the sole lead after the sixth round of the 61st National chess championship at the RPS International School here on Thursday. Aronyak …

National Chess Championship 2024: Usual script continues as Surya Sekhar, Abhijeet, Sethuraman post wins
4 months, 4 weeks ago

National Chess Championship 2024: Usual script continues as Surya Sekhar, Abhijeet, Sethuraman post wins

The Hindu  

The second day was a seamless continuation of the first. Nothing unusual happened on the top boards in the second round of the 61st National Chess Championship. But that, too, was rectified: so, even the boards online said the top four seeds -- Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Abhijeet Gupta, S.P. Ganguly, from the white side of a Sicilian Defence, saw his …

Sharjah Masters 2024: Aravindh errs, loses lead after round seven
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sharjah Masters 2024: Aravindh errs, loses lead after round seven

The Hindu  

A late blunder cost Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram dearly as he not only lost the game to Iran’s Bardiya Daneshvar in the seventh round of the Sharjah Masters but also his lead. From his pole position, Aravindh slipped to the joint third spot as Sam Shankland defeated American compatriot Hans Moke Niemann to match the Iranian on points. READ | …

Sharjah Masters 2024: India’s Aravindh stays in lead after round six
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sharjah Masters 2024: India’s Aravindh stays in lead after round six

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram made sure he stayed in front with an easy draw against Sam Shankland of the USA in the sixth round of the Sharjah Masters Chess tournament here on Monday. With five points in his kitty from six games, Chithambaram is just two points shy of joining the ever-growing Indian club of 2700 rated chess players considered …

Aravindh Chithambaram beats Salem to claim sole lead in Sharjah
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Aravindh Chithambaram beats Salem to claim sole lead in Sharjah

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram defeated local star A R Saleh Salem to emerge as the sole leader on 4.5 points after the end of the fifth round of Sharjah Masters chess tournament here. Chithambaram is now followed by four players, the Iranian duo of Amin Tabatabaei and Bardiya Daneshvar and Americans Hans Moke Niemann and Sam Shankland who all have …

Asian junior chess: Grebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event
1 year, 4 months ago

Asian junior chess: Grebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event

The Hindu  

Top seed Aleksey Grebnev from Russia was joined at the helm by two Indians on Wednesday at the Asian junior chess championship. Important results : Open: Aleksey Grebnev 5.5 drew with Ayush Sharma 5; S. Rohith Krishna 5.5 bt Ritvik Krishnan 4.5; S. Aswath 5.5 by Gilbert Tarigan 4.5; L.R. Srihari 5 bt Reja Neer Manon 4; Dilshan Liyanage 4 …

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik
1 year, 4 months ago

National chess: Sethuraman takes lead; Guha holds Puranik

The Hindu  

Sethuraman took his time to convert his chance into a well-crafted 94-move victory over fellow GM Deep Sengupta to emerge as the leader with six points after as many rounds of the National chess championship here on Monday. With eighth seed Mithrabha Guha holding second seed Abhimanyu Puranik to a 43-move draw on the top board, Sethuraman knew a victory …

National Chess C’ships 2023: Going gets tough for former winners; Eight share lead
1 year, 4 months ago

National Chess C’ships 2023: Going gets tough for former winners; Eight share lead

The Hindu  

With the exception of S. P. Sethuraman, former champions continued to struggle in the 60th National chess championship even as only eight leaders maintained perfect scores after four rounds here on Saturday. After Chhattisgarh’s S. Dhananjay showed the way by stunning top seed and former champion Abhijeet Gupta on Friday it was the turn of G. Akash and twice winner …

Delhi International Open: Murzin takes lead; Aravindh, Saha among six players in second spot
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi International Open: Murzin takes lead; Aravindh, Saha among six players in second spot

The Hindu  

Aravindh Chithambaram and Neelash Saha drew in just 19 moves to slip to the joint second spot after 12-year-old Russian Volodar Murzin emerged as the leader with a perfect score after seven rounds of the Delhi International Open chess tournament here on Monday. Murzin rode on his extra knight to a 66-move victory over Viani Antonio D’Cunha to become the …

National Chess Championship: Karthik snatches sole lead before the final round
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Karthik snatches sole lead before the final round

The Hindu  

A second successive top-board victory with the dark pieces brightened Karthik Venkataraman’s prospects of winning the National chess title here on Tuesday. A day after upstaging Abhijeet Gupta in an unusual finish, Karthik benefited from a dubious rook-for-knight trade-off by country’s latest Grandmaster Koustav Chatterjee on Monday and won in 35 moves. On a day when the top-four boards saw …

National women’s chess championship: Mary Ann Gomes stops Soumya Swaminathan, stays in lead
2 years ago

National women’s chess championship: Mary Ann Gomes stops Soumya Swaminathan, stays in lead

The Hindu  

In a battle involving two former champions, Mary Ann Gomes stopped her Indian Oil teammate Soumya Swaminathan in 53 moves to lead with 6.5 points from seven rounds of the MPL National women’s chess championship at Kolhapur on Sunday. Decisive battles on the top-12 boards left defending champion Divya Deshmukh waiting in the second spot to take on fourth seed …

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead
2 years ago

National chess championship: Abhijeet Gupta joins Koustav Chatterjee in the lead

The Hindu  

Former champion Abhijeet Gupta returned to joint lead in style when he outplayed N. R. Vignesh in 39 moves in the 10th round of the MPL National chess championship in New Delhi on Saturday. drew in 59 moves and Tamil Nadu mates S. P. Sethuraman and L. R. Srihari signed peace in 45 moves, Abhijeet’s resounding victory saw him match …

National Chess Championship: Venkatesh joins Sethuraman, Mitrabha in the lead
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Venkatesh joins Sethuraman, Mitrabha in the lead

The Hindu  

With a fourth straight victory, M. R. Venkatesh left erstwhile front-runner Abhijeet Gupta to rue a second successive defeat. The 37-year-old then joined overnight leaders S. P. Sethuraman and Mitrabha Guha at six points after seven rounds of the MPL National Chess Championship here on Tuesday. On a day when internet-related connectivity issues disrupted the live coverage of the games, …

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha

The Hindu  

S. P. Sethuraman played to his reputation of being the top seed and ended the unbeaten run of overnight leader Abhijeet Gupta by inflicting a 35-move defeat and shared the lead with Mitrabha Guha at 5.5 points from six rounds of the MPL National chess championship here on Tuesday. Leading results: 6th ROUND S. P. Sethuraman bt Abhijeet Gupta ; …

National Chess Championship: Abhijeet Gupta in sole lead after 32-move win over Koustav Chatterjee
2 years ago

National Chess Championship: Abhijeet Gupta in sole lead after 32-move win over Koustav Chatterjee

The Hindu  

Abhijeet Gupta punished an overly passive Koustav Chatterjee in 32 moves to emerge as the leader after five rounds of the MPL National Chess Championship here on Monday. On a day when seven of the top eight boards witnessed decisive battles, Abhijeet’s sustained pressure saw Koustav resign after facing the loss of a knight in this battle of two overnight …

National Chess Championships: Nitin upsets Mendonca; shares lead with seven others
2 years ago

National Chess Championships: Nitin upsets Mendonca; shares lead with seven others

The Hindu  

Bespectacled S. Nitin is a seasoned International Master but may not have visualised nailing fourth-seeded Grandmaster Leon Mendonca by prompting his helpless king into a checkmating net. In what turned out to be the biggest upset of the third round of the 59th MPL National chess championship, Nitin needed only 36 moves to inflict an embarrassing defeat on the young …

National Chess C’Ships: Visakh, Shyam Sundar held as underdogs make Grandmasters struggle
2 years ago

National Chess C’Ships: Visakh, Shyam Sundar held as underdogs make Grandmasters struggle

The Hindu  

The growing depth of Indian chess made its presence felt as some Grandmasters, with ratings ranging from fifth seed N. R. Visakh’s 2544 to 45th-ranked Sriram Jha’s 2337, facing varying degrees of difficulty before being held in the second round of the National chess championship here. International Master Arghyadip Das, rated 2438 and seeded 21, crashed to a shock loss …

Vishnu Vardhan advances to semis of Fenesta national tennis championships
2 years, 3 months ago

Vishnu Vardhan advances to semis of Fenesta national tennis championships

The Hindu  

Former champion Vishnu Vardhan was at his fighting best as he beat another former champion Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in the men’s quarterfinals of the Fenesta National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Friday. In the semifinals, Vishnu will play second seed and the runner-up of the last edition Digvijay Pratap Singh who was at ease in getting …

Dubai Open Chess: Aravindh stuns Arjun on way to title
2 years, 4 months ago

Dubai Open Chess: Aravindh stuns Arjun on way to title

The Hindu  

Precisely a week before turning 23, Aravindh Chithambaram emerged as the champion of the Dubai Open chess tournament after a final-round draw with sparring partner R. Praggnanandhaa in Dubai on Sunday. Less than 24 hours after stunning second seed Arjun Erigaisi and taking sole lead, 13th seed Aravindh signed peace with fourth seed Praggnanandhaa in 38 moves to take the …

Sharjah Masters chess tournament: Abhijeet stops Raunak, shares lead
2 years, 7 months ago

Sharjah Masters chess tournament: Abhijeet stops Raunak, shares lead

The Hindu  

Abhijeet Gupta outplayed Raunak Sadhwani in 40 moves to stretch his all-win sequence and shared the lead with Azerbaijan's Misratdin Iskandarov after three rounds of the $60,000 Sharjah Masters chess tournament on Monday. Eight players are at 2.5 points, half-a-point ahead of the group that includes eight Indians - Arjun Erigaisi, D. Gukesh, S. L. Narayanan, S. P. Sethuraman, Aryan …

National U-18 chess: Bharath, Soham share lead
2 years, 8 months ago

National U-18 chess: Bharath, Soham share lead

The Hindu  

H. Bharath Subramaniyam and Soham Kamotra share the lead with five points apiece in the open section after the fifth round of the MPL 31st National Under-18 chess tournament at the Dr. MCET campus here on Wednesday. Bharath Subramaniyam TN) 5 bt Mahendra Teja 4; Soham Kamotra 5 bt Krishnan Ritvik 4; Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan 3.5 lost to L.R. Srihari …

National junior chess championship: Koustav, Neelash, Utsab, Ayush ahead; Priyanka, Bhagyashree lead among girls
2 years, 10 months ago

National junior chess championship: Koustav, Neelash, Utsab, Ayush ahead; Priyanka, Bhagyashree lead among girls

The Hindu  

It turned out to be a day of the Bengal boys as Koustav Chatterjee, Neelash Saha, Utsab Chatterjee along with Madhya Pradesh’s Ayush Sharma shared the lead at 5.5 points in the open section after six rounds of the National junior chess championship here on Friday. Koustav, seeded four, accounted for Tamil Nadu’s duo of S. Rohith Krishna and N. …

National men's chess championship: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi joint leaders with one round left
2 years, 10 months ago

National men's chess championship: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi joint leaders with one round left

The Hindu  

The title-race of the MPL National chess championship took a thrilling turn when D. Gukesh scored an important victory over Abhijeet Gupta to rejoin Arjun Ergaisi in the lead after the 10th and penultimate round on Wednesday. Gukesh, the country’s youngest Grandmaster, post a hard-fought 64-move win in a rook-and-pawn endgame to match Arjun’s tally of eight points. Earlier, on …

National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead
2 years, 10 months ago

National men's Chess Championship: Lalith, Abhijeet, Koustav join Gukesh and Arjun in lead

The Hindu  

Former champions M. R. Lalith Babu, Abhijeet Gupta and surprise packet Kousav Chatterjee pulled off well-calculated victories to be part of a five-man leaders group at 4.5 points after five rounds of the MPL 58th National chess championship on Sunday. Two others, Arjun Erigaisi and D. Gukesh, drew their top-board game in 46 moves to stay among the leaders at …

National women's chess championship: Divya stops Nisha to join seven leaders
2 years, 10 months ago

National women's chess championship: Divya stops Nisha to join seven leaders

The Hindu  

Eighth seed Divya Deshmukh took her time to end former champion Nisha Mohota’s in 79 moves and joined seven other leaders at 3.5 points after four rounds of MPL National women chess championship at Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Other leaders were top seed R. Vaishali, Mary Ann Gomes, Soumya Swaminathan, N. Priyanka, Arpita Mukhjeree, Srija Seshadri and Sakshi Chitlange. RELATED | …

Chessable Masters: Adhiban, Harikrishna eye quarterfinal spots
3 years, 5 months ago

Chessable Masters: Adhiban, Harikrishna eye quarterfinal spots

The Hindu  

B. Adhiban and P. Harikrishna kept alive their chances of being among the quarterfinalists after 10 rounds of the USD 100,000 Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament on Sunday. 10th round: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bt B. Adhiban; P. Harikrishna drew with Aryan Tari, K. Humpy lost to Alireza Firouzja. Ninth round: Adhiban drew with Le Quang Liem, Levon Aronian bt Harikrishna; …

Indian Champions Chess Tour Qualifiers: Adhiban, Aravindh in semifinals
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian Champions Chess Tour Qualifiers: Adhiban, Aravindh in semifinals

The Hindu  

Top seed B. Adhiban beat prodigious teen-sensation R. Praggnanandhaa 3-1 for a place in the semifinals of the Indian Qualifier for the Champions Chess Tour on Saturday. National champion Aravindh Chithambaram gained the right to challenge Adhiban by blanking former National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2-0 in the blitz tie-break. In the bottom half of the draw, Arjun Erigaisi defeated …

Viswanathan Anand Finally Gets a Win in Legends of Chess Tournament
4 years, 5 months ago

Viswanathan Anand Finally Gets a Win in Legends of Chess Tournament

News 18  

Viswanathan Anand finally snapped the string of defeats at the Legends of Chess online tournament, beating Boris Gelfand of Israel 2.5-0.5 in the seventh round. The victory moved the former world champion to eighth spot with six points ahead of Hungarian Peter Leko and Chinese world number three Ding Liren. World number one Magnus Carlsen extended his lead at the …

Praggnanandhaa stuns former world champ Topalov in Gibraltar chess
4 years, 11 months ago

Praggnanandhaa stuns former world champ Topalov in Gibraltar chess

The Hindu  

Young Indian Grand Master R. Praggnanandhaa pulled off a huge upset, beating former world champion Veselin Topalov in the sixth round of the 18th Gibraltar chess festival to record his fifth straight win here. Adhiban beat Gabriel Flom, while D Gukesh, the world’s second youngest Grand Master ever, defeated Martin Percivaldi to move to four points. Important results after sixth …

Chennai Open: Stanislav Bogdanovich moves into sole lead
4 years, 11 months ago

Chennai Open: Stanislav Bogdanovich moves into sole lead

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s Stanislav Bogdanovich defeated India’s N. R. Visakh in the seventh round to move into the sole lead, with seven points, at the 12th Chennai Open International Grand Master Chess tournament here on Thursday. Chennai-based Grand Master M. R. Venkatesh is hot on the heels of the Ukranian GM along with eight others, including the top-seed Pavel Ponkratov of Russia. …

National Chess Championship: Aravindh, Sandipan share lead
5 years ago

National Chess Championship: Aravindh, Sandipan share lead

The Hindu  

Second seeded Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal’s seventh seeded GM Sandipan Chanda shared the lead with 7.5 points in the National Senior Chess Championship here on Tuesday. Following the leaders half a point behind at 7.0 points were GMs Vaibhav Suri, Anurag Mhamal and International Masters Akash G, Ravi Teja S, Shyaamnikhil P and Konguvel Ponnuswamy …

Chess: Aravindh, Karthikeyan keep India's medal hopes alive
5 years, 2 months ago

Chess: Aravindh, Karthikeyan keep India's medal hopes alive

The Hindu  

Triumphant third seed Aravindh Chithambaram joined sparring-partner M. Karthikeyan at 6.5 points to keep alive the Indian claim for a possible medal in the World junior chess championship here on Wednesday. Even as seventh seeded Ukrainian Evgeny Shtembuliak emerged as the only leader at 7.5 points, half-a-point clear of fellow overnight joint-leader Spain’s Miguel Santos Ruiz, Aravindh moved to the …

World Junior Chess: Day of mixed fortunes for Indians
5 years, 2 months ago

World Junior Chess: Day of mixed fortunes for Indians

The Hindu  

Indians experienced a mix of joy and disappointment on the leading boards with second seed M. Karthikeyan dropping half-a-point to overnight leader Evgeny Shtembuliak and K. S. Raghunandan holding sixth seed Shant Sargsyan in the sixth round of World junior chess championship here on Saturday. Among the girls, ninth seed Divya Deshmukh drew second seeded Greek rival Stavroula Tsolakidou to …

Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali start with wins at Junior Chess
5 years, 3 months ago

Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali start with wins at Junior Chess

The Hindu  

Aronyak Ghosh continued his bronze-winning form, seen in the World under-16 Championship last week, to hold top-seeded Iranian Amin Tabatabaei in 51 moves as leading names found it tough to get going in the first round of the World Junior Chess Championship here on Tuesday. After a delayed opening ceremony, the action went deep into the evening with M. Karthikeyan …

National C’ship: Vishnu Vardhan posts win
5 years, 3 months ago

National C’ship: Vishnu Vardhan posts win

The Hindu  

Former national champion Vishnu Vardhan outplayed second seed Atharva Sharma 9-2 in the first qualifying round of the men’s section in the Fenesta National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Saturday. In another lively match, Ritik Rana pipped Aakash Ahlawat 9-8 to set up a second round against top seed Lakshit Sood. Fourth seed Abhishek Gaur beat Joseph Khuma …

Five share lead after Viswanathan Anand holds Caruana
5 years, 4 months ago

Five share lead after Viswanathan Anand holds Caruana

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand dominated World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana for the better part of their eighth-round clash but eventually settled for a 44-move draw in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament here on Sunday. Read: Current Indian chess crop strongest in the world For the first time, two games proved decisive in the day. The two Russian winners, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Sergey …

Int’l Grandmasters Chess: N. B. Madhavan stuns Pavel Smirnov
5 years, 4 months ago

Int’l Grandmasters Chess: N. B. Madhavan stuns Pavel Smirnov

The Hindu  

It was the turn of another Indian to shock a Grandmaster. N. B. Hari Madhavan outwitted second-seeded Pavel Smirnov of Russia in the seventh round of the Tetrasoft Hyderabad Marriott International Grandmasters chess championship here on Saturday. At the end of seventh round, GM Tukhaev Adam, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud and IM Triapishko Alexandr emerged joint-leaders with six points each followed …

Commonwealth Chess: Three-way lead promises exciting finale; Abhijee Gupta, SL Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram lead
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess: Three-way lead promises exciting finale; Abhijee Gupta, SL Narayanan, Aravindh Chithambaram lead

The Hindu  

In keeping with the expectations, the eighth and penultimate round of the Commonwealth chess championship provided plenty of thrills and left three leaders promising an exciting finale. This energy-sapping game, lasting five hours, raised top seed Abhijeet’s tally to 6.5 points and saw him join the triumphant duo of second seed S. L. Narayanan and third seed Aravindh Chithambaram. Narayanan …

Commonwealth Chess C'ship : Abhijeet Gupta draws with M. R. Lalit Babu, stays in lead
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess C'ship : Abhijeet Gupta draws with M. R. Lalit Babu, stays in lead

The Hindu  

Abhijeet Gupta took a draw by perpetual checks against M. R. Lalit Babu and retained his half-point lead after the seventh-round clash involving two former winners of the Commonwealth chess championship here on Friday. Fourth seed Lalit was joined at 5.5 points by the victorious brigade comprising second seed S. L. Narayanan, third seed Aravindh Chithambaram, fifth seed Deepan Chakkravarthy, …

Commonwealth Chess C'ship: Laxman holds Abhijeet; Debashis shares lead
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess C'ship: Laxman holds Abhijeet; Debashis shares lead

The Hindu  

R. R. Laxman managed to end the winning run of Abhijeet Gupta by forcing a draw following perpetual checks in a wild fifth-round encounter in the Commonwealth chess championship here on Wednesday. Abhijeet, leader after four successive victories, settled for a 49-move deadlock and ended the day sharing the lead with sixth seed Debashis Das at 4.5 points. Among them, …

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Abhijeet records win; Aravindh, Thej emerge leaders
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Abhijeet records win; Aravindh, Thej emerge leaders

The Hindu  

Fierce battles were the order of the day that left only three players with perfect scores following the third round of the Commonwealth chess championship here on Monday. Top seed Abhijeet Gupta was the notable winner over Pravin Thispay, the country’s oldest Grandmaster, in their top-board encounter. National champion Aravindh Chithambaram, seeded three, and M. S. Thej Kumar, seeded 13, …

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Krishnan stuns Narayanan; 17 share lead
5 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Chess Championship: Krishnan stuns Narayanan; 17 share lead

The Hindu  

Favourite Abhijeet Gupta survived a day of upsets but second seed S. L. Narayanan became the biggest name of the long casualty list in the second round of the Commonwealth chess championship here on Sunday. After the morning’s first round saw the three top female seeds - 14-year-old Divya Deshmukh, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni - settle for draws against …

Norway chess tournament: Viswanathan Anand loses to Yu Yangyi of China
5 years, 7 months ago

Norway chess tournament: Viswanathan Anand loses to Yu Yangyi of China

The Hindu  

Viswanathan Anand’s winning run of three matches came to an end as the Indian ace let go of a decent chance to lose to Yu Yangyi of China in the tiebreak game in the sixth round of Altibox Norway chess tournament here. American Wesley So allowed a checkmate in one, Ding Liren of China dropped a whole rook and Russian …

TePe Sigeman Chess: India's P. Harikrishna defeats Nihal Sarin to stay in joint lead
5 years, 8 months ago

TePe Sigeman Chess: India's P. Harikrishna defeats Nihal Sarin to stay in joint lead

The Hindu  

Grandmaster P. Harikrishna gave an endgame lesson to young Grandmaster GM Nihal Sarin to stay in joint lead after the completion of the fourth round of the TePe Sigeman & Co. chess tournament. The critical moment came two moves before the time control when Nihal made an error and lost through a picturesque finale. Jones and Harikrishna jointly lead the …

Shamkir chess: Anand draws with Grischuk
5 years, 9 months ago

Shamkir chess: Anand draws with Grischuk

The Hindu  

India’s Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Alexander Grischuk of Russia, while Norwegian Magnus Carlsen raced ahead with a crushing win over out-of-sort Dutchman Anish Giri in the seventh round of Shamkir chess tournament. Having lost to Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the previous round, Anand’s chances to catch up with Carlsen at the top have now almost …

National Chess Championship 2018: Aravindh Chithambaram storms into final round as sole leader
6 years ago

National Chess Championship 2018: Aravindh Chithambaram storms into final round as sole leader

The Hindu  

A series of decisive battles, involving title-aspirants, was in keeping with the expectations from the penultimate round. When the dust settled after some fierce fights on the top four boards, Aravindh Chithambaram emerged as the only leader heading into Tuesday’s final round of the National chess championship here. Aravindh, last year’s runner, overpowered a resurgent Murali Karthikeyan, seeded two, and …

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